, 1887-11-12

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appointed by General Boulanger, Deputy
Chief of the Staff, is accused of having
taken brides topPocure decorations through
the agency of Madame Limousin, a mid
die aged adventures, who made it her
business to open negotiations with officials.
General Caffarel has been placed on half.
pay by sentence of u Court of honour, and
is to be tried by a civil tribunal; while the
police, on the evidence afforded by his
aud Madame LimOusin's papers, are max
ing arrests right and left. General Count
d'Audlan, for example, a Senator as we'll
as u conspicuous officer, has either fled or
committed suicide and a number of pOliti-
clans have had their houses searched. 1t
is even asserted that the plan of mobl-
lisatiOn which was betrayed to the Figaro
has been discovered in General CaffarePS
house. The newspapers arc already max
ing II party question of the matter, the
Radicals minimising and the Rnyalists
ag%grandising the charge; but the Minister
of War, General Ferron, has publicly
promised that he will hush up nothing,
and has ordered the arrest of General
Boulanger for declaring the aft tr u gDt-np
scandal directed against himself.
The scandal may have grave political
consequences, for two reasons. One Is
that i'll France the Government is held re-
spOnSible for all things, and the other is
that M Gr6vy my be goalel into resig-
nation. OAa main object of attack is NJ.
Wilson, the Presidents sOn-in-law, who
is accused by Madame Linn luSin an | mtny
journals of selling decorations for E2,OOO
each; of specializing, and of job5ing i'll
contracts. He a5 SOlutely denies all char
geS, ana as yet there Is NJ title OF evil
d 'nca as inst him, except IL statement by
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ter in which NJ. Wilson refused to continue
dealing with ldame LimouSin because
she did not bring enough money. Even
this has, under cross examination, been
retracted, and WAS obviously an invention
Intended TO alarm the police; but it has
tlven the newspapers al excuse for at
tacks, which NJ. Gr6vy, at his great age,
has not the nerve to bear. 1t is feared,
therefore, that he may pie I'll his health as %
reason for r~eSigning, in which event the
struggle for the Presidency will, it is ex.
prcter, be dangerously bitter.
No accurate news has been received of
tbs health of the Emperor of Morocco, who
is said by one set of reporters to be dead,
aud by another to be slowly recovering.
The French, English, Spanish, and Italian
Governments have all, however, sent pow
erful men-of-war into the Moorish ports,
and a COZ pS dGrm6e is said to be gathering
on the Algerian frontier A vast amount
of negotiation, or rather intriguing, is also
going on, the keynote of which appears to
b4 this. The French Government ardent
~ desires IL PretectOrate of Morocco, to be
worked through some nominal Sultan,
but ardently desires also not to drive the
Spanish Monarchy into the arms of the
. AustrO-G German alliance. They are, there
fore, begging the Spaniards to settle the
fate of Morocco by private arrangement
with themselves, alleging that it proper
ly concerns nobody else. The Spaniards,
distressing the French, and unwilling
to offend Prince Bismarck, hesitate, and
meanwhile Great Britain and Italy argue
for the status quo. The situation. if the
: Sultan dies, may be complicated by a mas.
sacre of Europeans; but slonld that Gala
nifty not occur, it is probable that the
question will be postponed. That is to
say, the Maritime Powers will keep a ring
by protecting the ports, until some Moor.
iSh Pretender has slaughtered out enough
of his opponents to be able to proclaim
himself Emperor of Morocco. The natu.
raj heir to the throne is a boy of sixteen
and the heir who, it is expected, will be
supported by the Ministry, is q child of
five. The tribal chiefs will, however, have
much to say in the matter, and SO will any
Ambassador who may be authorised to
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